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OBEKTEUFFER'S 

POCKET GUIDI 

OF THE 

Routes Traveled 

BY THB 

City Passenger Railway Go's, 




Fares of Hackney Coaches, &c. 

OF 

PHILADELPHIA. 






COMPILED 



ULRIC Z. ()BERTEUFFER. 

PHILADELPHIA : 



1876. 



THE RATES OF FARE 

A Single Fare — Seven cents, or four tickets 
for twenty-five cents. Good on any line in the 
city. Children under twelve years of age, four 
cents. 

Exchange Tickets — Nine cents. Good on any 
of the lines that sell Exchange Tickets. 

Night Lines. — Fare* ten cents. No exchange. 

The letter (R) marked in the routes signifies 
return trip. 



Entered according to Act of Congre88,in the year 1875, by 

ULRIC Z. OBERTEUFFER, 

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 

Right of Teanslatiom Resbrved. 



SECOND AND THIRD STREET LINE. 

MAIN LINE. 
White Cars. ..Green Light. 

From Depot (No 2453 Frankford Road) down 
Frankford Road. ..to Jefferson... to Second. ..to 
Mifflin. ..to Third. (R ) up Third... to German- 
town Avenue... to Oxford. ..to Front ...to Amber 
...to Depot. 

FRANKFORD LINE 

White Cabs. ..Red Flag on Top of Car... Green 

Light. 

From Depot (No. 2453 Frankford Road) up 
Frankford Road. ..to Paul street... to the stand 
above Arrott street. (R.) down Main street.,. to 
Frankford Road, ..to Jefferson... to Second. ..to 
Mifflin... to Third. (R.) up Third. ..to German- 
town Avenue... to Oxford... to Front... to Amber 
...to Depot. 

NORTH PENN. DEPOT. 
Geeen Cars. ..Orange Light. 

From Depot (No. 2453 Frankford Road) down 
Frankford Road. ..to Huntingdon. ..to Coral... to 
Cumberland... to Emerald. ..to Dauphin. ..to Third 
...to Berks. ..to Second. ..to Dock. (R.) up Dock 
...10 Third. ..to Germantown Avenue... to Oxford 
...to Third... to Berks. ..to Second. ..to York. ..to 
Coral. ..to Cumberland. ..to Amber... to Depot. 

RICHMOND LINE. 
Red Cars, ..Red Light. 

From Depot (Lehigh and Edgemont street) 
out Lehigh Avenue... to Richmond street... down 
Richmond... to Frankford Road. ..to Manderson 
...to Beach. ..to Laurel., to Delaware Avenue... 
to Fairmount Avenue. ..to Second. ..to Dock. (R.) 
up Dock. ..to Third... to Brown. ..to Beach... to 
Manderson... to Frankford Road. ..to Girard Ave- 
nue... to Norris...to Richmend...to Lehigh Ave- 
nue... to Depot. 



BRANCH OF RICHMOND LINE. 
Red Cars. ..Blue Flag on Top of Cars... Red 
Light. 
From Depot (Lehigh and Edgemont street) 
out Lehigh ...to Richmond street... to Front... to 
Laurel... to New Market... to Fairmount Avenue... 
to Second. ..to Dock. ..to Third. (R.) up Third... 
to Brown. ..to Beach... to Mander8on...to Frank- 
ford Road... to Girard Avenue. ..to Norri8...to 
Richmond. ..to Lehigh avenue... to Depot. 

BRIDESBURG LINE. 
White Cars. ..White Light. 

From Depot (Lehigh and Edgemont street) out 
Lehigh Avenue. ..to Richmond street. ..up Rich- 
mond. ..to Bridge. ..to Washington and return 
over the same route. 

FRONT STREET LINE. 
White Cars. ..One Horse... White Light. 

From Fairmount Avenue and New Market 
street... down New Market. ..to Vine. ..to Front... 
to Chestnut and return over the same route to 
Stand. 

CUMBERLAND STREET LINE. 
White Cars. ..One Horse. ..White Light. 

From the Stand (Richmond and Cumberland 
streets) on Cumberland... to Amber, and return 
over the same route to Stand. 

ALLEGHENY AVENUE LINE. 
Yellow Cars ...One Horse. ..White Light. 

From Stand (Lehigh and Richmond street) up 
Richmond. ..to Allegheny Avenue, and return 
over the same route to Stand. 

Sell Exchange Tickets and give Passes over 
their own lines. 



GERMANTOWN LINE. 

Fourth and Eighth Streets, 
GERMANTOWN, 
Yellow Cars. ..Green Light. 

From Depot (Eighth and Dauphin streets) to 
Germantown Avenue. ..to Depot at Church street, 
and return over the same route to Depot. 

DICKINSON STREET, 
Yellow Cars. ..Green Light. 

From Depot (Eighth and Dauphin streets) 
down Dauphin. ..to Germantown Avenue. ..to 
Fourth... to Dickinson... to Eighth. (R.) up 
Eighth. ..to Columbia... to Seventh... to Susque- 
hanna... to Eighth... to Depot. 

WALNUT STREET. 
Yellow Cars. ..Green Light. 

From Depot (Eighth and Dauphin streets) 
down Dauphin ... to Germantown Avenue ... to 
Fourth... to Walnut. (R.) up Walnut... to Eighth 
...to Columbia... to Seventh... to Susquehanna... 
to Eighth... to Depot. 

GIRARD AVENUE 
Yellow Cars. ..Red Light. 

From Depot (Twenty sixth and Girard Ave- 
nue) down Girard Avenue... to Palmer... to Beach 
...to Shackamaxon. (R ) on Shackamaxon...to 
Girard Avenue... to Fairmount Park... crossing 
the bridge, and passing the Zoological Garden 
to the Centennial Grounds, and return to Depot. 

Sell Exchange Tickets and give Transfer 
Passes at Fourth and Girard Avenue, and at 
Eighth and Girard Avenue. 



GREEN AND OOATES STREET LINE. \ 
DICKINSON STREET 

Green Cabs. ..Red Light. | 

From Fairmount Park... on Fairmount Avenue 1 

to Twenty-second ... to Green. ..to Fourth. ..to j 

Dickinson... to Eighth. (R.) up Eighth. ..to Fair- : 

mount Avenue ... to Park, passing Depot at j 

Twenty-fourth street. i 

WALNUT STREET. i 
Green Cars. ..Red Light. 

From Fairmount Park. ..on Fairmount Ave- 
nue. ..to Twenty-second... to Green... to Fourth... 

to Walnut... to Eighth. (R.) up Eighth., to Fair- i 

mount Avenue. ..to Park. =< 

DELAWARE RIVER LINE. ■ 
Green Cars... One Horse... Red Light. 

From Stand (Green and Beach streets) up ; 

Beach ..to Fairmount Avenue. ..to Eighth. (R.J ; 

down Fairmount Avenue... to Fourth. ..to Green i 
...to Stand. 

Sell Exchange Tickets and give Passes over 
their own branches. 

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FRANKFORD AND SOUTHWARK LINE. \ 

Fifth and Sixth Streets. .| 

Yellow Cars... Red Light. i 

From Depot (Kensington Avenue and Cumber- ' 

land street) down Kensington Avenue... to Front ' 

...to Berks... to Sixth. ..to Jackson... to Fifth. I 

(R.) up Fifth. ..to Berks. ..to Front... to Kensing- ' 

ton Avenue... to Depot. - 

LEHIGH AVENUE AND POWELL STREET. i 

Green Cars. ..Green Light. I 

From Depot (Kensington Avenue and Cumber- j 

land street) up Kensington Avenue. ..to Lehigh ; 



Avenue. ..to Sixth. ...to Powell... to Fifth. (R.) 
up Fifth. ..to Lehigh... to Kensington Avenue... 
to Leiterly...to Depot. 

FRANKFORD STEAM LINE. 

From Depot (Frankford and Arrott streets) 
down Frankford street... to Kensington Avenue 
...to Main Depot at Cumberland street, and re- 
turn over the same route to Depot. 

Passengers from Frankford will receive passes 
good to Columbia Avenue for one fare. Also, 
from Fifth and Oxford, to Frankford for one 
fare. 

Sell Exchange Tickets and give Passes over 
their own lines. 

CITIZENS' LINE. 

Tenth and Eleventh Streets. 
Yellow Cabs... Red Light. 

From Depot (Tenth and Montgomery Avenue) 
down Tenth ... to Reed. (R.) up Reed ... to 
Eleventh... to Diamond. ..to Tenth. ..to Depot. 
NIGHT LINE. 
From Depot over same route as above, first 
car leaving Depot at 11.35 and the last car leav- 
ing Tenth and Mifflin at 6.00 A. M. 

SUNDAY NIGHT LINE 

First car leaves Depot at 11.00 P.M.. The 
last car leaves Tenth and Mifflin streets at 
6.00 A. M. 

MIFFLIN STREET BRANCH 
Yellow Cars. ..One Horse. ..Red Light. 

From Tenth and Reed... down Tenth. ..to Miff- 
lin... to Twelfth. (R.) up Twelfth. ..to Wharton 
...to Tenth. ..to Reed. 

Sell Exchange Tickets and give Passes over 
their own lines. 



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EMPIRE LINE. 

Twelfth and Sixteenth Streets 
Yellow Cars... Red Light. 

From Depot (Twelfth and Montgamery Ave- 
nue) down Twelfth... to Wharton. (R.) up Whar- 
ton ... to Seventeenth ... to Carpenter ... to Six- 
teenth. ..to Montgomery Avenue... to Depot. 

Sell Exchange Tickets; 

THIRTEENTH & PIFTEENTH ST. LINE. 

COLUMBIA AVENUE. 
Green Cars. ..Green Light. 

From Depot (Broad and Washington Avenue) 
up to Carpenter. ..to Fifteenth. ..to Master... to 
Ridge Avenue. ..to Columbia Avenue... to Thir- 
teenth. (R.) down Thirteenth. ..to Carpenter... 
to Broad. ..to Depot. 

NORRIS STREET. 
Yellow Cars... Red Light 

From Depot up Carpenter... to Fifteenth. ..to 
Columbia. ..to Broad. ..to Norris...to Thirteenth. 
(R.) down Thirteenth. ..to Carpenter. ..to Broad 
...to Depot. 

SOUTH BROAD STREET. 
Yellow Cars... Red Light. 

From Depot down Broad. ..to Snyder Avenue, 
and return over the same route to Depot. 

NORTH BROAD STREET. 
Yellow Cars... Red Light. 

From Depot (Broad and Norris) up Broad to 
New York Junction Depot, and return over the 
same route to Depot. 

Sell Exchange Tickets and give Passes over 
their own lines. 



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SEVENTEENTH AND NINETEENTH ST. 
LINE. 

Yellow Cars... Red Light. 

From Depot (Nineteenth and Master streets) 
up Nineteenth. ..to Norri8...to Seventeenth... to 
Ridge Avenue. ..to Francis. ..to Seventeenth. ..to 
Carpenter. (R.) up Carpenter... to Nineteenth 
...to Nineteenth... to Depot. 

Sell Exchange Tickets and give Passes from 
Depot to Norris street. 

EIDGE AVENUE, aiRARD COLLEGE & 
MANAYUNK LINE. 

MANAYUNK. 
Yellow Cars, ..Flag with white Star in cbntri 
ON Top. ..Yellow Light. 
From Depot (Thirty second and Ridge Ave- 
nue) to Manayunk...to Green Lane, .to Main 
street. ..to Ridge Avenue... to Tenth ..to Arch... 
to Second. (R.) up Arch. ..to Ninth. ..to Ridge 
Avenue... to Main street... to Green Lane. 

RIDGE AVENUE. 
Yellow Cars... Red Light. 

From Depot (Thirty-second and Ridge Ave- 
nue) down Ridge Avenue... to Tentli...to Arch... 
to Second. (R.) up Arch. ..to Ninth. ..to Ridge 
Avenue... to Depot. 

UNION LINE. 

Seventh and Ninth Streets 
FAIRMOUNT PARK AND NAVY YARD LINE. 
Yellow Cars... Red Light. 

Depot Twenty-third and Brown. From Brown 
street entrance of the Park ... on Brown. ..to 
Twenty-third ... to Wallace ... to Franklin... to 



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Race. ..to Seventh. ..to Federal ... to Front... to 
Wharton (R.) up Wharton ... to Ninth ... to 
Spring Garden. ..to Twenty-third. ..to Brown... to 
the Park entrance. 

Give Passes over their own lines. 

NIGHT LINE. 
Red Light. Do not give or take Passes. 

Over the same route as above. The first car 
leaves the depot at 11.48 P. M., and the last car 
leaves the Navy Yard at 5.22 A. M. 

SUNDAY NIGHT. 
First car leaves Depot at 11.03 P. M., and the 
last car leaves the Navy Yard at 2.50 A. M. 

RICHMOND AND BALTIMORE DEPOT LINE. 
Grebn Cars. ..Green Light. 

Depot, Thompson and Norris streets. On 
Thomp8on....to Marlborough....to Belgrade....to 
Frankford Road....to Ma8ter....to Franklin....to 
Race....to Seventh....to Passyunk Avenue....to 
Ellsworth....to Broad....to Baltimore Depot. (R.) 
up Broad....to Chri8tian....to Ninth....to Spring 
Garden....to Seventh....to Oxford....to Fourth.... 
to Norris....to Memphis....to York....to Thompson 
....to Depot. 

Give Passes over their own lines. 
NIGHT LINE. 
Green Light. Do not give or take Passes. 

Over the same route as above. The first car 
leaves the Depot at 11.25 P. M., and the last 
car leaves the Baltimore Depot at 5.15 A. M. 
SUNDAY NIGHT. 

First car leaves the Depot at 10.40 P. M., and 
the last car leaves the Baltimore Depot at 8.15 
A. M. 



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COLUMBIA AVENUE AND MARKET STREEl 
' FERRY LINE. 

Red Caes....Orange Light. 

From Depot (Twenty-third and Columbia Ave- 
nue) down Columbia Avenue....to Franklin....to 
Race....to Seventli....to Market....to Ferry. (R.) 
up Market....to Ninth....to Spring Garden....to 
Seventh....to Columbia Avenue....to Twenty-third 
i....to Depot. 

Give Passes over their own lines. 
NIGHT LINE. 
Orange Light. Do not give or take Passes. 

Over the same route as above. The first car 
leaves the Depot at 11.35 P. M., and the last car 
(leaves Front and Market at 5.35 A. M. 
SUNDAY NIGHT. 

First car leaves the Depot at 10 55 P. M., and 
the last car leaves Front and Market at 5.38 
A. M. 

SPRING GARDEN AND POPLAR ST. LINE. 
Red Cars. ..One Horse....Red Light. 

Depot, Twenty- third and Brown streets. From 
the Brown street Park entranee....on Brown..,.to 
Twenty-third....to Wallace....to Twenty- second.... 
to Spring Garden....to Seventh (R.) up Seventh 
....to Poplar....to Twenty-ninth .... to Brown....to 
Park entrance on Brown street. 

Give Passes on their own lines. 

CEDAR STREET LINE. 
Green Car8....Grben Light. 

From Stand (York and Cedar streets) up Ce- 
dar... to Somerset... to Richmond street, and re- 
turn over the same route. 

Give Passes over their own lines. 



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CHRISTIAN STREET LINE. 
Yellow Cars. ..One Horse... Red Light. 

b'rom Depot (S'-venth and McKean streets) 
out \IcKeHn...to Ninth ..to Ellsworth. ..to Twen- 
ty third. ..to (-brislian. (R ) down Christian... 
to 8eventh....to Depot. 

Give Passes over their own lines. 
.JEKFEKSON AND MASTER STREETS. 
Yellow (^ars...One Horse. ..Green Light 

From Tweniyfourth and JeflFer8on...down Jef- . 
fersou...to Franklin. ..to Thompson... to Front. ) 
(R. ) up Front... to Columbia Avenue. ..to Frank- 
lin ...to Master... to Twenty-third. ..to Depot. 
Give Passes on their own lines. 

WEST PHILADELPHIA LINE. 

Market Street 
Yellow Caks....Red Light. 

From Depot (Forty-first and Haverford streets) 
down Forty-tir8t...to Market... to Front, and re- 
turn over ttie same route to Depot 

HADDINGTON AND MARKET STREET. 
Green Cars. ..White Light. 

Prom Haddington, Sixty seventh street... on 
Haverfor l...to Forty first... to Market... to Front. 
(R.) up Market... to Forty-first... to Haverford... 
to Haddington. 

DIRECT LINE TO CENTENNIAL GROUNDS. 
Blub Cars... Blub Flag on top or Cars ..Yel- 
low Light. 

From Machinery Hall, down Elm Avenue. ..to 
Fortieth....to Market....to Front. (R.) up Mar* 
ket....to Forty-first, passing depot to Elm Ave- 
nue....to Machinery Hall. 

Sell Exchange Tickets. 



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HESTONVILLE, MANTUA AND PAIR- 
MOUNT LINE. 

Race and Vine Streets. 
Yellow Cars,...Rei) Light 

From Depot (Forty-third and Lancaster Ave- 
nue) on Lanca8ter....to Haverford....to Thirtieth 
....to the Bri'lge....across the Bridge....to Spring 
Garden....fo Twenty second. ..to R!ice....to Second 
....to Walnut. ..to Dock. (R.) up Dock....to Third 
....to Vine....to Twenty-third....to Spring Garden 
...to Bridge... across the Bridge. ..to Spring Gar- 
den. ..to Lancaster Avenue, passing Depot. ..to 
Belmont Avenue... to Centennial Grounds. 
HESTONVILLE & CATHEDRAL CEMETERY. 
Green Cars....One Horse....Red Light 

From Depot (Forty third and Lancaster Ave- 
nue) out Lancaster Avenue, passing Cathedral 
Cemetery ...to Fifty second street, Hestonville, 
and return over the same route to Depot. 

ARCH STREET LINE. 
Yellow Cars....Green Light 

From Twenty-sixth and Callowhill streets out 
Biddle....to Twenty fifih....to Spring Garden....to 
Twentieih....to Arch....to Second. (R.) up Arch 
....to Twenty first....to Callowhill....to Depot, 

Give Passes over the Race and Vine street 
line to Centennial Grounds. 

Sell Exchange Tickets and give Passes ovei 
their own lines. 

PEOPLE'S LINE. 

Callowhill Street. 
Yellow Car8....0range Light. 

From Depot (Broad and Callowhill streets) to 
Fairmount Bridge ... start from Bridge ... down 
Callowhill... to Front... to Vine. ..to Ferry. (R.) 



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up Vine. ..to Front, and return over the same 
route to the Bridge. 

Intend running over the Bridge to the Cen- 
tennial Grounds. 

Sell Exchange Tickets. 

PHILADELPHIA OITY LINE. 

Chestnut and Walnut Streets. 
Green Cars — Red Light. 

From Depot (Forty second and Chestnut Sts.) 
down Chestnut — to Front — to Walnut. (R.) up 
Walnut — to Twenty-second — to Chestnut — to 
Depot. 

NIGHT LINE. 

Over the same route as above. The first car 
leaves Depot 12 o'clock, and last car leaves Front 
and Walnut 5.40 A. M. (No exchange.) 

CENTENNIAL GROUNDS. 
Yellow Cars — Orange Light. 

Prom Depot (Belmont and Columbia Avenues) 
down Belmont — to Lancaster — to Thirty-second 
— to Chestnut — to Front. (R.) down Front — to 
Walnut — to twenty- second — to Chestnut — to 
Thirty-second — to Lancaster — to Belmont Av. — 
to Centennial Grounds — to Depot. 

DARBY LINE. 
Red Cars — White Light. 

From Darby, on Darby Road — -to Woodland 
Avenue — to Chestnut — to Front — to Walnut. 
(R.) up Walnut— to Twenty second — to Chestnut 
— to Woodland Avenue — to Darby. 

MOUNT MORIAH CEMETERY. 
Blub Cars — White Light. 

From Mt. Moriah Cemetery, on Mt. Moriah 
Lane — to Darby Road — to Woodland Avenue — 
to Chestnut — to Front — to Walnut. (R.) up 



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Walnut — to Twenty-second — to Chestnut — to 
Woodland Avenue — to Darby Road — to Mount 
Moriah Lane — to Cemetery. 

Sell Exchange Tickets and give Passes on main 
line and branches at Thirty-second and Chestnut 
and Thirty third and Chestnut, good on any of 
their lines to Depot 

PHILADELPHIA AND GEAY'S FEREY 
LIME. 

Spruce and Pine Street 
GRAY'S FERRY BRIDGE. 
White Cars...Rbd Light. 

From Gray's Ferry Bridge up Gray's Ferry 
Road ... to Christian ... to Twenty-second ... to 
Spruce... to Third... to Walnut... to Dock. (R.) 
down Dock. ..to Second. ..to Pine... to Twenty- 
third... to Gray's Ferry Road... to Gray's Ferry 
Bridge. 

FAIRMOUNT PARK LINE. 
White Cars. ..Red Light. 

From Green street entrance of Park down 
Twenty-fifth... to Hamilton....to Twenty-second.... 
to Filbert .... to Twenty-ihird ...to Walnut....to 
Twenty-8econd....to Spruce....to Third....to Wal- 
nut....to Dock. (R.) down Dock....to Second.... 
to Pine.... to Twenty-third....to Callowhill...to 
Twenty fifth... to Green... to Park entrance. 

Sell Exchange Tickets and give Passes over 
their own lines. 

LOMBARD AND SOUTH STREET LIUE. 

Yellow Cars. ..Red Light. 

From Depot (Twenty fifth and South streets) 
down Lombard... to Front. ..to Dock. ..to Dela- 
ware Avenue. (R.) up Dock ... to Front ... to 
South... to Depot. 

Sell Exchange Tickets. 



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WEST END LINE. 

ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN. 
White Cabs — Green Light. 

From Woodlands Cemetery, on Baltimore Ave- 
nue — to Fortieth — to Locui^t — to Thirty sixth — 
to Powelton Avenue — to Thirty fifth — to Zoologi- 
cal Garden. (R.) on Thirty fifth— to Eadline— 
to Thirty-third — to Walnut — to Tliirty sixth — 
to Locust— to Thirty-eighth — to Woodland Ave- 
nue — to Baltimore Avenue. 

Intend having branch lines from South Street 
Bridge for travel from that portion of the city 
south of Pine and East of the Schuylkill. Also 
from the Zoological Garden via Eadline street to 
the Fairmount line on Forty first street. 

CENTENNIAL GROUNDS. 
White Cars— Green Light. 

From Woodlands Cemetery, on Baltimore Ave- 
nue — to Fortieth — to Lancaster Avenue — to 
Forty-first — to Elm Avenue — to Centennial 
Grounds — around the Centennial Grounds — to 
George's Hill. (R.) down Elm Avenue — to 
Fortieth — to Lancaster Avenue — to Thirty eighth 
— to Woodland Avenue — to place of starting. 

This line has the exclusive right to construct 
and operate a double track, narrow guage rail- 
w&y within the exhibition grounds. 

Sell Exchange Tickets and give Passes over 
their own lines 

CONTINENTAL LINE. 

Eighteenth and Twentieth Streets. 
From Depot, Eighteenth and Montgomery Av- 
enue, on Montgomery Avenue — to Twentieth — 



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to Ridge Avenue — to South College Avenue — to 
Corinthian Avenue — to Parrisli — to Twentieth — 
to Federal— to Eighteenth. (R.) up Eighteenth 
— to Frances — to Perkiomen — to Vineyard — to 
Ridge Avenue — to Eighteenth — to Depot. 



FARES OF HACKNEY COACHES. 

[Extract from an Ordinance approved July 
23, 1872.J 

The prices or rates of fare to be taken by, or 
paid to, the owner or owners, or drivers of any 
hackney carriage or carriages, for the convey- 
ance of passengers for hire, unless otherwise 
expressly and mutually agreed upon between 
passenger or employer, and owner or driver, 
before the entering of the passenger into the 
vehicle, shall be as follows, to wit: — 

For carrying one passenger any distance not 
exceeding one mile, the sum of seventy-five 
cents; two passengers, one dollar and twenty- 
five cents; and for every additional passenger, 
twenty-five cents. 

For conveying one passenger any distance 
more than a mile, and not exceeding two miles, . 
one dollar and a quarter ; two passengers, one 
dollar and seventy- five cents, and for every ad- 
ditional passenger, twenty five cents. 

For carrying a passenger any distance over 
two miles, for any additional mile or part of a 
mile, the sum of fifty cents in addition to the 
fare for the first two miles, and for every addi- 
tional passenger, fifty cents. 

For the use of a carriage by the hour, with 
one or two passengers, for the purpose of g- ing 



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from place to place, and stopping as often as 
may be required, one dollar and a half per hour, 
and for each additional passenger, twenty-five 
cents. 

Where the hiring of a hackney carriage or 
carriages is not at the time specified to be by 
the hour, it shall be deemed to be by the mile ; 
but in case the distance shall be more than foar 
miles, the rate to be charged for each additional 
mile shall be fifteen cents for each passenger, 
as herein provided, A mile shall be taken and 
construed to mean twelve blocks of one hundred 
numbers on numbered streets. 

Whenever any hackney carriage or carriages, 
not engaged by the hour, shall be detained by 
the passenger or passengers, the owner or 
owners, or driver, shall be allowed at the rate 
of 75 cents per hour, in addition to the rates 
hereby established. 

For children between five and fourteen years 
of age, half price is only to be charged, and 
for children under five years of age, no charge 
is to be made, if not more than one such child 
to two adults. 

Every driver or owner or owners of a hackney 
carriage shall carry, transport and convey in, 
and upon his carringe, in addition to the per- 
son or person therein, one trunk, valise, saddle- 
bag, carpet-bag, portmanteau, or box, not ex- 
ceeding 100 pounds in weight, if requested to 
do so, without charge or compensation therefor; 
but for every additional trunk or other articles 
above enumerated, shall be entitled to demand 
and receive ten cents 

There shall be placed within every hackney 
coach, in a conspicuous place, at all times, a 
card, which shall contain the registered number 



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of such coach, and the name and residence of 
the owner thereof. 

That if the owner, or owners, or driver of 
any hackney carriage or carriages, shall ask 
or demand or receive any greater sum than he 
or they may be entitled to demand, he or they 
phall forfeit all claim for compensation for the 
services for which such greater sum shall have 
been demanded ; and no owner or owners or 
driver aforesaid shall offer for employment any 
carriage or carriages wherein the card men- 
tioned in the seventh section hereof shall not 
be placed as therein provided. 

In case of dispute, apply at the Mayor's oflSce. 



LOCATION OF PUBLIC OFFICES. 

Mayor's, S. W. cor. Fifth and Chestnut sts. 
Police Department, " " " " 

Detective " " " •' " 

Police and Fire Alarm Telegraph, " " 
City Treasurer's, Girard Bank, 3d bel. Chestnut, 
City Controller's, 2d floor " " " 

City Commissioner's, (up stairs,) 212 S. 5th st. 
City Solicitor's, " •* 

Receiver of Taxes, 723 Arch street. 
Collector of Delinquent Taxes, 723 Arch street. 
Board of Revision Taxes, " " «' 

Recorder of Deeds, 425 Chestnut street. 
Clerk of Orphans' Court, 3, State House Row. 
Sheriff, 4, " " ♦* 

Register of Wills, 6, " '« ♦' 

Prothon'y Supreme Court, 7, *• '* '' 
Prothon'y Common Pleas, 9, " '< '* 
Prothon'y District Court, 12, «' " '* 



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Clerk of Quarter Sessions, New Court House. 
District Attorney's " " " 

Coroner's, (Morgue,) Beach and Noble sts. 
Recorder's, 521 Chestnut street. 
Highway Department, S.E. cor. 6th and Chestnut 
Survey " 224 South Fifth street. 

Registry " " " " *' 

Fire ** Broad and Race streets. 

Water Dep't, N.W. cor 13th and Spring Garden 
Commission's of Fairmount Park, 251 S. Fourth 
" Pub. Build's, 1408 S. Penn Sq. 
Guardians of Poor, 42 North Seventh street. 
Girard Estate, 19 South Fifth street. 
Board of Directors City Trusts. 19 S. 5th st. 
Trustees of City Ice Boat, 115 Walnut street. 
Port Wardens, 119 Walnut street. 
Board of Public Charities, 737 Walnut street. 
U. S. Pension Widows' Agency, 716 Walnut st. 
Centennial Board of Finance, 904 Walnut st. 
'* Bureau of Revenue, " " *• 

Board of Health, S. W. cor. Sixth and Sansom. 
Registry Bureau of Births, Marriages and 

Deaths, 604 Sansom street. 
U. S. Pension, 718 Sansom street. 
Building Inspectors, 709 Sansom street. 
Board Control's Pub. Schools, 6lh and Adelphi. 

" Education, " " " 

Department of Markets, City Property and 

Wharves and Public Landings, 221 S. Sixth. 
Philadelphia Gas Works, 20 South Seventh st. 
North'n Liberties Gas Works, Laurel, ab. Front. 
House of Correction, 51 North Sixth street. 
House of Refuge, 21 North Seventh street. 



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DISTANCES TO VARIOUS POINTS 
IN THE PARK. 



The distances measured below are understood 
to be along the main drive. There are nume- 
rous by-paths and short cuts by which pedes- 
trians may shorten the distance, except along 
the Wissahickon : 

From the Green street gate — miles. 

To the east end of Girard Ave. Bridge. 1 

*« '♦ Lansdowne entrance 1^ 

•* «♦ Belmont Avenue 3 

«' " George's Hill (direct) 3^ 

•♦ " George's Hill (via Belmont) 4^ 

" *' Belmont (direct) 3^ 

«« '» Belmont (via George's Hill 4^ 

♦« " Falls Bridge (via West Park)... 6| 
" " Wissahickon Pike (via W. Park) 7| 
The distances along the Wissahickon are as 
follows : 
From the mouth of Wissahickon — milks. 

To Livezey's Mills 3 

♦' Valley Green 4 

'* Indian Rock 4 

" Thorp's Mill lane 5 

The total distance along the drive from the 
Green street gate, through the Western Park 
and over the Falls Bridge to the terminus of the 
Wissahickon drive, is twelve and a quarter 
miles, five miles of which are on the direct road 
through the beautiful valley of the Wissahickon. 



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PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. 

Academy of Music — Broad and Locust. 

Horticultural Hall Broad and Locust. 

Arch St. Theatre— Arch, ab. 6th. 

Chestnut St. Theatre— Chestnut, ab. 12th. 

Walnut St. Theatre— N. E. Cor. 9th & Walnut. 

Fox's Mammoth Theatre — Chestnut, ab. 10th, 

Grand Central Theatre Walnut, ab. 8th. 

St. James Theatre— Tenth and Callowhill. 

Concert Hall— Chestnut, ab. 12th. 

Carncross & Dixey's — Eleventh, ab. Chestnut. 

Simmons & Slocum's — Arch, ab. 10th. 

Wood's City Museum— N. W. Cor. 9th & Arch. 

Enoch's Varieties — Seventh, below Arch. 

Zoological Garden — West Fairmount Park, be- 
low Girard Avenue Bridge. 

Anatomical Museum — 807 Chestnut. 

Mgennerchor Garden — Franklin & Fairmount 
Avenue. 

Academy of Natural Science — Broad, bolow 
Chestnut. 



PLACES OF INTEREST. 

Blind Asylum — Twentieth and Race. 
Deaf and Dumb Asylum — Broad and Pine. 
Girard College — Ridge ave. ab. 19th. 
House of Refuge — Twenty-second & Parrish. 
Philadelphia Library — Fifth and Library. 
Mercantile Library— Tenth above Chestnut. 
United States Mint — Chestnut, below Broad. 
Penitentiary — Fairmount ave. ab 2l8t. 



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STREET NUMBERS. 

By the decimal system of numbering streets 
adopted in this city, one hundred numbers are 
allowed to each square, commencing at the Del- 
aware running west, and at Market street, 
running North and South Market street the 
dividing line between north and south. 



NORTH. 

STREET NO. 

Arch 100 

Race 200 

Tiny 300 

C-Uowhill 40' 

Buttonwood 500 

Green 600 

Pairmoan' Avenu^' 700 

B'rowu 800 

Poplar 900 

Giriird ^ venue I'-iOO 

Thomps'm 1300 

Master 1400 

Jefferson 1500 

Oxford IfiOO 

Columbia Avenup 1700 

Montgomery Avpnue...l8no 

Berks 1900 

Norris W^O 

Diiimond 2100 

Susquehanna AVf-uue..2 00 

Daunhin 2.300 

York 2400 

Cumberland 2500 

Huntingdon 260ii 

Leh.gh 2700 

SomfTS t 2S00 

CHmbria 2900 

Indiana 3000 

Cbarfield 3 00 

Allegheny 3200 

Westmoreland 3300 

Ontario 3400 

Tiojja 3500 

Tenango 3600 

Erie 3700 

The names of the streets are on the corner street lamps. 



i^OUTH. 

STREET. NO, 

Chestnut 100 

Walnut 200 

Spruce 300 

Pine 400 

Lombard 500 

South 600 

Bainbridge 700 

Catharine 800' 

Christian 900 

Carpenter 1000 

Washington HOC 

Federal 1200 

Wharton 1300 

Reed 140a 

Dickinson 1500 

Tasker 1600 

Morris 1700 

Moore ISOO 

Mifflin 1900 

McKeaij 2000 

Snvder 2 00 

Jackson 220a 

Wolf 2300 

Ritner 2400 

Porter 2500 

Shnnk '600 

Oregon Avenue 27ti0 

Johnson 2800 

Bigler 2900 

P.>llock 30' 10 

Packer 3100 

Curtin 3200 

Geary 3300 

Hartranft 3400 



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CONTENTS. 

VAGE. 

The Rate of Fares of Passenger Railway Companies.. . . 2 

Explanation of the Letter (R) in the Routes 2 

Second and Third Street Line 3 

Oermantown (Fourth and Eighth Street) Line 5 

Gaeen and Goates Street Line 6 

Frankford and Southwark (Fifth and Sixth St ) Line. . . 6 

Citizen's (Tenth and Eleventh Street) Line 7 

Empire (Twelfth and Sixteenth Street) Line 8 

Thirteenth and Fifteenth Street Line 8 

Seventeenth and Nineteenth Street Line 9 

Ridge Avenue and Manayunk Line 9 

Union (Seventh and Ninth Street) Line 9 

West Philadelphia (Market Street) Line 12 

Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount (Race and Vine St.) 

Line L3 

People's (Callowhill Street) Line 13 

Philadelphia City (Chestnut and Walnut Street) Linel.. 14 
Philadelphia and Gray's Ferry (Spruce and Pine Street; 

Line 15 

Lombard and South Street Line 15 

West End Line (West Philadelphia) 16 

Continental (Eighteenth and Twentieth Street^ Line.. . . 16 

Fares of Hackney Coaches 17 

Street Numbers 23 

Location of Public Offices 19 

Places of Amusement 22 

Places of Interest 22 

Distances to Various Points in the Park 21 



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